Changing Default Printer Settings

[Rick R]

We need to change the paper size for the default printer before printing a
PDF file from within a VB.Net application.

printDocument printerSettings is not appropriate as there is no document to
print.

Any help is greately appreciated.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

We need to change the paper size for the default printer before printing a
PDF file from within a VB.Net application.

How do you print that file?

 

[Rick]

The file is printed using an Adobe Actobat control dimmed in code. Here is
the snippet.

CType(avDoc, Acrobat.CAcroAVDoc).Open(strFileName, "")

pdDoc = CType(avDoc, Acrobat.CAcroAVDoc).GetPDDoc

nbrPages = CType(pdDoc, Acrobat.CAcroPDDoc).GetNumPages()

CType(avDoc, Acrobat.CAcroAVDoc).PrintPages(0, nbrPages - 1, 1, 1, 1)

CType(avDoc, Acrobat.CAcroAVDoc).Close(0)

 

[Rick R]

Herfried.

Still looking for help setting paper size on a printer. I can zap a byte
in the DevMode reg key for the printer but that's a real hack.

I can set the default printer using ManagementObject and
InvokeMethod("SetDefaultPrinter") to set the printer I wish. However, I
cannot find a way via ManagementObject to set paper size.

Thanks again for any help on this.